What benefit does an adult dog gain from being petted with long, smooth strokes?
a. the dog grows to be larger.
b. the dog learns to be more dominant.
c. the petting makes the dog stronger physically.
d. the petting reduces stress.

The benefit does an adult dog gain from being petted with long, smooth strokes is petting will reduce the stress of the adult dog.Dog's life is similar to human's life even though human has so many problems when they see the child they will forget all the things.Likewise,dog also if they see the pets their stress will reduce surely.So D option is suitable for this question.

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